Stories from Monday, September 18, 2006

Agnes Irene Wright, age 89, resident of Fort Scott, Kansas, died Saturday, September 16, 2006, at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born October 26, 1916, in Fort Scott the daughter of Guss Knoblich and Lena Felt Knoblich. She married Lester Wright in 1932 in Fort Scott. ...

BLEVINS -- Andrew Nolan Blevins, a boy, was born at 1:27 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, at Mercy Health Center, to parents Amy Lynn Campbell and James Robert Blevins, Mapleton. He weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Janet and Cliff Campbell, Laytonville, Calif. ...

MARSH -- Gabrielle Ann Marsh, a girl, was born at 6:36 p.m., on Sunday, Sept.10, 2006, at Langley Air Force Base Hospital, Va, to parents Damien and Alicia Marsh, Hampton, Virginia. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. Maternal grandmother is Margaret Carter, Deerfield, Mo. Paternal grandmother is Carol Marsh, Fort Scott...

TURNER -- Daniel Allen Turner, a boy, was born at 4:37 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Ind., to parents Paul and Rebecca Cochran Turner of Petersburgh, Indiana. He weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces and was 23 inches long at birth. Maternal grandparents are Elizabeth York and the late Michael York, Fort Scott. Paternal grandparents are Daniel and Wesina Turner of Winslow, Indiana...

Gary and Lynda Foster and Beverly Davis recently enjoyed a trip to Seattle, Wash. and other points of interest along the west coast. Rachel, Kevin, Kayla and Kole Wagner, Laura and Payton Vogelbacher helped Charles and Paula Brewer celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary Saturday evening by having supper with them...

The question currently under discussion among Kansas educators is, 'How much state education funding is enough?' Some Kansas school districts say $750 million over three years isn't enough, even after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that Senate Bill 549 -- a plan by the Kansas Legislature to phase in $541 million in K-12 education funding over the next three years -- complied with its previous order last year that lawmakers make dramatic increases in education funding...

A public hearing will be conducted at the Fort Scott City Commission meeting on Tuesday that will evaluate the performance of a state grant used to fund the cleanup and demolition in the aftermath of the March 2005 downtown fire. The hearing, scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., will coincide with the regularly scheduled commission meeting starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall...

Roberta Lewis, 43, suffered a leg injury around 3:30 p.m. Friday when her 1997 Chevrolet Lumina's front tire ruptured, causing her car to strike the Marmaton River bridge abutment on U.S. Highway 69. The Centerville woman was traveling north on U.S. 69 when the tire exploded, sending her vehicle across the median and into the bridge abutment about one-half mile north of Wall Street and U.S. 69, Bourbon County Undersheriff Ron Gray said...

100 YEARS AGO (1906) The Eagles Lodge will give an ice cream social for members and their families next Thursday evening at the hall. It will be an elaborate and entertaining affair. Susan Whitney sold her 27-acre farm southwest of the city to A.I. Clippinger of Belleville, Kansas. The deal was made through the F.H. Humphrey Land Company...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team wore down over the course of a non-conference match with Cottey College of Nevada at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon and fell in four games to the Comets. The Greyhounds won game one 30-23 but the Comets won the final three games 30-22, 30-26 and 30-17 to take the win...